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iOS 8 Update Brings Aplenty of Rights and Wrongs to iUsers

Recently, as the iOS 8 becomes more and more popular, a large amount of iOS users have updated their iDevices to iOS 8. There are many rights and wrongs during/after the upgrade. Some are stuck on “Connect to iTunes” screen while iOS 8 update, some come across iTunes error before update is done, some are suffered data loss after iOS 8 update.

And here what I want to discuss about is a problem that might not be commonplace for every iPhone owner but definitely has happened to quite a few of us in the past after performing iOS 8 update – you lost all data in the update, fortunately you have an iTunes backup so that you are going to restore the backup onto iPhone. Now the real problem comes, iTunes asks for a password to access the backup, or else, the backup is unavailable. What a disappointment!

Some people said that they set up the password to encrypt personal highly sensitive data but some complained that they never set up such an encryption on the backup. Strange it is!

How to Get the Password to Unlock the Encrypted iTunes Backup?

No matter how the backup is encrypted, now the only way to access the backup is to get the right passcode. But how can you get it? This article will give you 4 methods. Try them one by one below.

Method #1: Try Possible Passcodes to Meet a Fortune

Since there is no limit for passcode wrong entering times, you can try as many times as you can to attempt to meet the right password. You are suggested to enter all the old used passwords. Below is a list of possible passwords

What is the password for iTunes backup

Apple ID password
iTunes Store password
Windows administrator password
The “Passcode” you used to lock your iPhone
The passcode/lock code used on your iPhone when you first ever used the device
All sorts of variations of my children’s names and birthdays
Admin password on the computer that was in effect the first time the iPhone was backed-up
The original password when I set up your iTunes account
The ones suggested here “0000″, “1234″, etc.

Method #2: Sign Out of and In Again to iTunes Account

1. Disconnect your iPhone with computer by extracting your iPhone digital cable out of the USB port.
2. Sign out of your iTunes account.
3. Connect your iPhone again back to your computer.
4. Sign in again with your iTunes account.

Method #3: Enabling the Cookies in Safari

The safari settings are linked to the iTunes store brower, enabling the cookies again may fix everything and you can login no problem. To enable cookies in safari, open up the preferences and go to the privacy tab then change the “block cookies” settings. After that, you may have a chance to go without restriction to restore iPhone/iPad/iPod from encrypted backup.

Method #4: The Last but Reliable Way – Use iPhone Backup Password Unlocker

If all the methods mentioned above do noting for you, you may need pay for the password recovery. The recommended tool is called iPhone Backup Unlocker, provided by Tenorshare Inc. It is the first and single tool especially designed to legally crack forgotten/lost password on iTunes backup for iPhoone, iPad and iPod.